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below

Adverb CEFR B1 Frequent
bɪˈləʊ

Definitions

  1. Down, below, downstairs.
  2. In or to a lower place.
    not-comparable
  3. On or to a lower storey.
    not-comparable
  4. On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck.
    not-comparable
  5. Later in the same text.
    not-comparable
  6. Below zero.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Españolabajo
Deutschunten
17 more languages
العربيةتحتدون
Ελληνικάκάτω
עבריתלמטהמטה
हिन्दीअधरनीचे
Bahasa Indonesiaandap
日本語
Polskiponiżej
Portuguêsabaixo
Русскийминус
Српскиdoledoljeдоледоље
Українськанижче

Examples

The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below.”
“He was pulled below by a sea monster.”
But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. […]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].”
She lives below, on the ground floor.”
The captain went below to inspect the engine.”
the landlubbers lying down below
This point is explained below.”
“By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below.”
“It was forty degrees below.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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